38.2-2121 - When courts may appoint umpires.
§ 38.2-2121. When courts may appoint umpires.
Whenever appraisers selected under the standard provisions for fire insurancepolicies set out in § 38.2-2105 fail for fifteen days to agree upon a personto serve as umpire, the insured or the insurer may apply in writing, for theappointment of an umpire, to the judge of the circuit court of the county orcity in which the damaged or destroyed property was located at the time ofloss. If the application is filed by the insured, a copy of the applicationshall first be delivered to a registered agent of the insurer. If theapplication is filed by the insurer, a copy of the application shall first bedelivered to the insured. Upon showing, by affidavit or otherwise, thefailure or neglect of the appraisers to agree upon and select an umpirewithin the time specified in the policy, the judge shall upon twenty-onedays' notice to all parties appoint a competent and disinterested person toserve as umpire in determining the amount of loss or damage sustained.
(Code 1950, § 38-172; 1952, c. 317, § 38.1-375; 1986, c. 562; 1992, c. 470.)